On this page you will find the agenda and important information.
Important: please book your hotel room until 18.3.2025

Our meeting will take place on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th in May, 2025 in Biel (Switzerland) at the Swiss Smart Factory, Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne.
We invite you to attend our in-person meeting to take the association to the next level, dive deeper in the current topics, spend some time together and network.

For organizational reason, please send us topics you are interested in or you would like to share with the ESTAINIUM members to info@estainium.eco

 

Participate online with TEAMS

If you are not able to attend personally, you can are welcome to join us online via Microsoft TEAMS. On the agenda below you can see which topics you can participate in. You can also vote online.

Attend General Meeting May 2025 online

 

Agenda (preliminary)

Day 1 – Monday, 5.5.2025

	TIME	WHAT	Available online
	12:00	Welcome Lunch (Optional)
Agenda according to §11 Part 3 of the article of the association​	12:45	Welcome & Agenda
		Reports of the Board of Directors
		Approval of the annual financial statements
		Discharge of the members of the Board of Directors
		Business plan for the current fiscal year
		Motion
	15:00	Coffee Break
		WG 1-4 presentation and overview
		Discharge of the Board of Council
	17:10	Wrap-up of the day
		Team picture
	17:15	Get together (Apéro) with members of the Smart Factory, incl. speech from Christian Spindler:  Do climate risks play a role in the long-term success of a company?
	19:30	Dinner at Stadthaus Nidau (link refers to google maps)

 

Day 2 – Tuesday, 6.5.2025

TIME	WHAT	Available online
8:30	Welcome Coffee (Optional)
9:00	Welcome & Agenda
	Keynote Energia Europa – Matteo Cavalleroni
	ESTAINIUM: Success Stories  • Maygreen founding & collaboration  • Catena-X and Ouranos PCF sharing POC
	"Member-centric approach for the ESTAINIUM community driven by projects" workshop
11:00	Coffee Break
	Best Practice: Decarbonization of the Value Chains supported by Digitalization & AI
	Factory-X update
	Communication Update
	Wrap-up of the day
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Factory Tour
15:30	End

 

Directions

Swiss Smart Factory is located at Aarbergstrasse 46, 2503 Biel, Switzerland (refers to google maps)

Parking

There are parking spaces available directly at the hotel. Alternatively, you can park your vehicle in the underground garage of the Swiss Smart Factory, located nearby.

Hotel

We have reserved a block of rooms at City Hotel Biel Bienne, conveniently located near the meeting venue.
The special rate for ESTAINIUM members is between €125-145 per night.
If you only want to stay for one night please mention it towards the hotel. Booked rooms are not refundable.

To take advantage of this rate, please book your room until 18.3.2025 using the codeword ESTAINIUM.

Please call +41 32 327 27 27 and use the codeword "ESTAINIUM" to reserve a room.
Or send an email to info@cityhotel-biel.ch with the codeword "ESTAINIUM".
The hotel will tell you what rooms are still available and you'll have to confirm the booking with a valid credit card (Name, Number and valid thru) via email.
Rooms are limited, so we recommend that you book as soon as possible.